The eighteenth or “Great Lakes” Conclave was held September 2 - 4, 1937, at the Hotel Cleveland. Delegates from over fifty chapters and twelve active alumni chapters were in attendance among the 317 attendees. During the thirties more SigEps than ever were making their mark on society. Notable SigEps of the time included:

• Virginia Governor Harry Byrd, who made a run for Democratic presidential nomination, and was later elected as a U.S. senator.

• Basil O’Connor supported his old law partner Franklin D. Roosevelt, and eventually became director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the March of Dimes Foundation.

• Theodore Seuss Geisel was also finding fame and fortune as “Dr. Seuss.”